Consultation outcome

Health and social care statistical outputs

• From: Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, Office for National Statistics, UK Health Security Agency and NHS Business Services Authority
• Published: 12 December 2023
• Last updated: 21 November 2024 — See all updates

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Health and social care statistical outputs consultation: response

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Detail of outcome

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Office for National Statistics (ONS) and NHS England (NHSE) are making changes to statistical products to move towards an improved, more coherent and efficient health and social care statistical landscape.

Additionally, we are ensuring that the resources are deployed in producing statistics for maximum possible benefit.

This response sets out the changes we are making to products, including:

• merging and rationalising products to reduce duplication and improve the user experience
• changing the frequency of products
• changing the scope and/or volume of products
• reducing commentary where appropriate (with no reduction in metadata or important information needed to understand and interpret the data)
• reviewing products, with the aim of improving the quality of these

We will continue to engage with users and review and evolve our statistical products to meet priorities.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on health and social care statistical outputs published by DHSC (including OHID), NHSBSA, UKHSA, ONS and NHS England.

This consultation ran from
11am on 12 December 2023 to 11:59pm on 5 March 2024

Consultation description

We would normally have responded to this consultation within 12 weeks but due to the pre-election period we are delaying this.

We are seeking views on possible changes to the health and social care statistical products published by the:

• Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), including the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
• NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
• Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• NHS England (NHSE)

We are also seeking an understanding of how clear and valuable users find the current statistical system.

All types of users are encouraged to respond to this consultation - whether in academia, government, the local or national healthcare system or industry, or as interested members of the public.

We are interested in understanding both the user needs of individuals and groups that we may not typically frequently engage with, and our regular users.

Documents

Health and social care statistical outputs published by DHSC (including OHID), NHSBSA, UKHSA, ONS and NHS England

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Published 12 December 2023
Last updated 21 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 21 November 2024

   Added the consultation response.

2. 29 May 2024

   Added note about the delay to interim response due to pre-election period.

3. 13 December 2023

   Corrected the listing for 'Summary hospital-level mortality indicator (SHMI)' in the Mortality section as there is no current proposal to change its frequency or content.

4. 12 December 2023

   First published.